Being Balanced in Poker
Picture this, you arrive at the river with the stone-cold nuts. Eager to make as much money as possible, you push all-in. Alas, your opponent folds; it must not be your night. Once again, you have a monster hand, shove, and once again, your opponent folds. This seems to happen…
Introduction to Hand Ranges in Poker
Introduction We utilize the concept of hand ranges when we’re trying to determine what possible hands our opponents can have in any particular poker hand. We use ranges because it’s much easier to put our opponents on a range of hands rather than on a particular hand. Why’s that? Because…
The Importance of Poker Site and Table Selection
Introduction Recently, I have been working with some micro stakes Zoom grinders on PokerStars, mostly $5nl and $10nl players. On occasion, I have suggested that moving to a softer site or network, and players have recoiled in horror. This is what I try to explain to nano stakes and micro…
The Squeeze Play in Poker
What is a squeeze play? A squeeze play is a 3-bet made by a player (usually pre-flop) after there has been an opening raise and at least one cold caller. Why should we use the squeeze play? The squeeze play is something that we should have in our arsenal when…
6-Max Pre-Flop Open Raising Ranges
I originally created this blog post in 2015 to provide conservative pre-flop ranges for beginning and struggle micro stakes poker players, including open-raising ranges, cold-calling ranges, and 3-betting ranges; however, my advice on implementing those ranges has changed over the years, so I’ve decided to limit this blog post to…